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{inatra Riamac RMI \ eNWie MIGdIVS Dt St eon \, Tunes for Career Dip New York, Sept. 20. — Frank Sinatra charged today that his re- cording career at Columbia “quick- ly went into a decline” when the label’sa A&R chief Mitch Miller be- an giving him “inferior” material all of which “curiously bearing the BMI label.” Charges were made in a telegram to the House Judiciary Committee Anti-Trust, Sub-Division investigating tv. aor \ Miller promptly retorted thay” 05gu of Sinatra's materi t Co- jumbia under Miller’s "Be been ASCAP. He added, “It’s a hell of a way to run a hearing when they accept telegrams as evi- dence.” : ; Singer’s telegram from Las Vegas asked for anti-trust action to abolish “practices which create restraint and take from the artist those creative freedoms which are so necessary to his talent.” Sinatra contended that before Miller became pop A&R chief at Columbia he enjoyed a free selec- tion of material which “I may modestly say resultdd in a modi- cum of success for mle. Before Mr. Miller’s advent I haf a successful recording career which quickly went into a decline: Rather than continue a frustrating battle, I chose to take my talents elsewhere. It ig now a matter of record that i" eoninétoatd wernt Since . flave associated myseif with Capitel Records, a company free of broadcasting affiliations, my career is again financially, creatively and artistically healthy.” Miller gaid Sinatra owed Colum- bia $110,000 when he departed in 1952, the coin representing mone advanced to pay back taxes pyesumably, advanceg against yn- ized royalties. Firm no ig ing this back, he added, on \ issuance of old Sinatra sid tk hE on 2ORTAINED mepria rs Wy Z Day Yaa ry Sept 24/75"